{-# LANGUAGE MultilineStrings #-} s = """Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 """ s_2 = """\ \Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 """ -- equivalent to s' = "Line 1\n Line 2\nLine 3" -- the following are equivalent s = """hello world""" s' = "hello world" s = """ hello world """ -- equivalent to s' = " hello\nworld"